Monthly Archives: March 2005

Turn of the century anarchists and al-Qaeda?

Posted on March 31, 2005 by Sophie Masson

My original post on anarchism and the cataclysms of the 20th century has certainly engendered some lively debate, and here’s something to add to it. It’s actually to draw the attention of Troppo Armadillians to the work of a man … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - international | 27 Comments

The irrepressible lightness and joy of being communist

Posted on March 30, 2005 by Ken Parish

Mark Bahnisch publishes a letter from neo-communist Italian intellectual Antonio Negri, which seems fairly convincingly to debunk most if not all of Keith Windschuttle’s attacks on him. The failure of basic research/fact-checking in Windschuttle’s Negri letter appears considerably greater than … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy | 18 Comments

F***ing Federalism

Posted on March 30, 2005 by Ken Parish

The future of Australian federalism has been a much discussed topic recently among the commentariat of both mainstream and blogosphere. It’s hardly surprising given John Howard’s extraordinarily hubristic statement that Australia would be better off without state governments. Tim Colebatch, … Continue reading →

Posted in Law | 13 Comments

Of woods and trees

Posted on March 30, 2005 by Ken Parish

Tim Dunlop blogs about the influence of Howard government “black arts” gurus Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor on British Tory election campaigning: Sorry, but it’s a crock. I mean, far be it from me to defend Lynton Crosby, and I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - international | 15 Comments

Poor Sumatra

Posted on March 29, 2005 by Scott Wickstein

Indonesia can’t take a trick at the moment. The Prime Minister is sending medical teams back to Sumatra; hell, they only got home this month from the last earthquake. I mean, its just terrible. Two in three months…

Posted in Life | 2 Comments

Thriller goes Bad for Michael

Posted on March 29, 2005 by Ken Parish

Today’s ruling by the trial judge in the Michael Jackson child sexual abuse case, allowing the prosecution to lead evidence of other alleged incidents of abuse of young boys by Jackson, makes a conviction significantly more likely: Legal analysts say … Continue reading →

Posted in Law | 16 Comments

Anarchists and the cataclysms of the 20th century..

Posted on March 29, 2005 by Sophie Masson

Funny the directions in which research for books can take you. As part of my research for my planned detective fiction series, I’ve been reading a lot of ‘true-crime’ books from the 1910’s, 20’s and 30’s, and one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - international | 97 Comments